§ 303-a. Grants of assistance for guide dogs, hearing dogs and service
dogs; certain cases. 1. It shall be the duty of the social services
official to provide assistance, in accordance with regulations of the
department, to a person with a disability using a guide dog, hearing dog
or service dog who has been determined to be eligible for or is
receiving federal supplemental security income benefits and/or
additional state payments, for the purchase of food for such dog.

2. Such regulations of the department shall fix an amount of not less
than thirty-five dollars a month, and the method and frequency of
distribution and procedures for the determination and periodical
redetermination of eligibility for such assistance.

3. Such assistance shall not be granted to any person for whom earned
income has been exempted for such purpose pursuant to federal law or
regulation.

4. The full amount properly expended by social services districts
under this section, including costs of administration, shall be
reimbursed by the state, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of
section three hundred one of this chapter.